Last year, the school opened its new music school, futuristic boathouse and AstroTurf pitches in a £30m scheme.

To celebrate the work, Richard and Lucy Critchlow of Dependable Productions, who have two sons at the school, decided to film the whole site from the sky.

The finished result is a remarkable three-minute long film which zooms high above pupils rowing on the River Tees before gaining altitude for an overview of Yarm’s pre-prep, prep and senior schools.

The video has now been selected for screening at the prestigious London Drone Film Festival at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Yarm School headmaster David Dunn said: “Richard and Lucy have both had long and illustrious careers filming such momentous events as the final Concorde flight, Royal weddings and funerals, and General Elections, so to have them and their team filming here at Yarm School has been a real honour.

“The finished result perfectly sums up the school’s ethos of providing a very diverse education for our pupils, including sports, music and outdoor activities.”

Richard said: “Drones are now prevalent in almost all aspects of filming, so it’s no surprise that a drone specific film festival has been launched.

“We’re delighted the film has been selected to be shown at the London Drone Film festival in the prestigious Institute of Contemporary Art. I’m really proud of the team that worked on it. It required detailed planning, very careful flying, a fantastic “cast”, precision camera work and brilliant editing.”